Meet Me

Advanced Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula

I am trained and certified as an advanced birth doula through DONA, as a labor doula through CAPPA, and as a bereavement doula through Stillbirthday.  I have served families for over twenty years and have completed hundreds of continuing education credits beyond my certifications, including specialized training in supporting families through perinatal loss, TENS use in labor, Spinning Babies optimal fetal positioning and Level I Reiki.  I am a member of DONA, CAPPA, Stillbirthday and the American Pregnancy Association and serve as a Peanut Ball Ambassador for Premier Birth Tools.  I am also a Patient and Family Advisor for University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.  I am the former director of CAPPA’s Operation Special Delivery military volunteer doula program and former DONA Representative for Maryland. I have experience with both natural and medicated births, multiples, cesarean births and vaginal births after cesareans.  My desire is to help women and their partners have beautiful childbirth experiences full of peace and free from fear.